Evening Star Newspaper, January 12, 1942, Page 32

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, 5ANUARY 12, 1942 B—13 Winning Contract By THE FOUR ACES. Bidding a Slam Most of our daily questions are suggested by hands actually played by us or by our friends. The hand shown today was the subject of & et of questions which began last! week and ended today, and the hand {tself was bid by Theodore Lightner | and Alfred P. Sheinwold, both well- | known New York experts. South dealer. Both sides vulnerable. North-South 60 part-score. AAJB4D vQ 5 A1087 *QJs a8 N o3 ©J1096 WiE ©AKSS3 6K653 s ©J943 41074 4982 . 6KQ109B 0742 °Q &AKSE3 | The bidding: Bouth West, North East 18 Pass 38 Pass 4 Pass 40 Pass 40 Pass 134 Pass 1] Pass Pass Pass Mr. Lightner, who held the South hand, thought he had a bit more - than s minimum opening bid, for he would have opened the bidding | if his spades had been headed by | queen-jack instead of king-queen. Hence when North went past game to three spades South decided to| accept the offer to investigate slam chances. Note that his bid of four | clubs did not commit him to a slam; | it simply showed a mild interest, located the club ace and proved that he had made neither a psychic | nor a rock-bottom minimum open- | ing bid. ot . ¥ When North responded with four | diamonds, South grew properly con- | cerned about his three small hearts. | He therefore signed off at four spades, expecting his partner to realize that the diamond response ‘was unwelcome. Mr. Sheinwold, holding the North hand, made this inference and natu- rally realized that the heart situa- tion was bothering South. He there- | fore made the only bid which could have reawakened South’s interest | in slam—five hearts. South there- upon went to six spades: but note | that South would have had to pass | five spades and could not have been tempted by any slam try other than | five hearts. % x ¥ Saturday you were Oswald Ja-| eoby's partner and, with both sides vulnerable, you held: AATB43 vQ ©A1087 4QJs The bidding: Jacoby Schenken You Maier, 14 Pass 3a Pass 4“ Pass 40 Pass | £ Pass 5v Pass | 54 Pass @) Answer—Pass. You have told your full storv and your partner steadfastly refuses to become inter- | ested in slam, although he xhowed’, nterest at first. - Probably he is vold in diamonds and is afraid of | duplicated values. Scere 100 per cent for pass, 80 per cent for six spades. | Question No. 967. Today yoy are David Burnstone's| partner and, ‘with nelf side vul- | nerable, you hold: The bidding: Burnstone Jacoby You Schenken 16 24 W) What do you bid? (Answer to- morrow.) (Released by the Bell Syndieate. Inc.) Take My Word for It By FRANK COLBY. . = Names in the News JAN VALTIN, former Communist agent and author of the book, “Out| of the Night.” His real name is| Richard Krebs.) Do not give this name the Ger- man values, as “yahn vahl-TEEN."” And. above all, do not emulate the network news-zany who, taking the name to be French, has been eiring | it thus: “Zhahm) val-TA(N)” with the “n's” strongly nasalized. I have the correct pronunciation from Mr. Valtin in person, who as- sures me that he prefers to give Jan and Valtin their English values. | “Valtin,” he states. “was chosen | because I liked the looks of it. Jen| was the first name of my son, whom | T lost in Germany.” Rhyme Jan with pan, and pro-| nounce the “J” as “J." In Valtin,| the first syllable is accented and rhymes with pal; -tin rhymes with| Correet pronunciation: jan VAL-tin | (Capitals indicate syllables to be | Socented.) Let's Learn a New Word “Nagis cannot explain aggression | n Russis as being ecaused by need of LEBENSRAUM."—News item. Lebensraum is a German word for “room or space for living.” a need for ‘which has been ascribed by the Nazis for their “march to the east.” Accent the first syllable, and give to the third syllable the “ou” vowel (Keep up with The Spirifs wer on erime is The Susdey Star’s comic book.) —By Will Eisner SUBURBAN HEIGHTS Tradsmark 4)911ed T puieat ey (0ahy's adventures are & reguler foatare of The Sunday Star's eolored comiss.) NEIGHBORS SIMULI QLEARED B it o 0551 TER ATICS A5 AN AR RAD PRE A Py CROSS-WORD PUZZLE HORIZONTAL. 1. Land | 30. Hawalian 8. Character- 84. Teutenic measure | bird. ised by ab- | deity. 5. Crony. | 22. Opera by sence of 86. 9. Argument. | Verdi. tonality. 2 12. Scottish | 2¢. Young sheep. | 41. Colloquil: Highlander. | 27. School. | father. s 13. Venezuelan | 20 Shaded walk. | 42. Fate. ol snake. 31. Also. 44. To harangue 14 Frutt drink. | 33 QWIS |45 Gone by. | 8. 15. Part of 36, Japanese 41. Erelong. \er. “to be.” | messure, @. To incite. | g5 16. To sketch. 'n. One-masted |50. Genuine f 18. Pen-point. vessels. 532. Snare. | 0. VERTICAL. 1. Former | 9. Chief Moroc-|26. Slang: n- | 48. Turkish | can capital. toxicated. ' officer. [ 10. 'l!ympoflmlul 27. Man's name, |81 2. To disguise. |11, Yousnd1 |25 Stepped. ] 8. 3. Note of scale. 17. Egyptian 30. Mother of | g¢, 4. Archaic: old | deity. Apollo. ss. iniaa! j10. i?fl‘gl‘e‘h 33. Epic poem. i 5. Demand. | 21. Medley. 35. Hamlet. =t ‘ 6. Seat on the |33 Appeliation |38 Carbon. 6. back of an of Athens. 40. Son of Loki. elephant. 25. Period of 43. Mental state, | 64. 7. City in { permissive or as of an . Chaldes. | obligatory : 0. Artificial 8. Male being. | delay. | 46. Pertile spot. language. (There's always o full guota of adventure and fun in the colored romic suction of The Sunday Ster.) YL ITS A NEW MACHINE M RUSHING TO A FACTORY LETTER-OUT Letter-Out and it disnged from dry 1 IRELAND I ! e e Latter-Out for s shange of form. 2| pHaRSEE | | it and Pvw find ¥ N @ 3| suBaLTERN | i etter-Out and ther shew the way. 4 oNetss || 5 4 - Letter-Out and you harden. URSINE | | Remove one letter from each word and rearrarge to spell the word called for in the last column. Print the letter in ceater eolumn qpposite the word from which you have removed ii. If you have “Latters§-Out” correctly they connect. Answer to Saturday’s LETTER-OUT. Letter-Out (W) SWEATER—SEATER (an usher). (E) SPOUTERS—SPROUTS (new sheots en a plant). (A) ORDEALS—SOLDER (mend). (R) TENSOR—NOTES (men don't like to sigr:. (Y) ACOLYTE—LOCATE (you'll find it). sound as in bout, doubt. Say: LAY-benz-roum. NEW WORD QUIZ GAME. Just eut, my new WORD QUIZ, a fascinating question-and-an- swer game based on the pro- nunciation, origin, spelling, and meaning of familiar words. See if you can stump the experts in your family or at parties. Ideal for classroom use and fer club meetings. Ask for your free copy today. Send a stamped (3-cent), self-addressed envelope to Frank Colby, in care of The Evening Star. Ask for Word Quiz. Please make sure that your return en- velope bears a 3-eent stamp. “(Relesased by the Bell Svndicate, Inc.) Answer to Yesterdey's RORR NEIMD nran = ol Fogarty Wdadd JdIaad 03533 23323 332”323 33_a3 UNCLE RAY’S CORNER Before this winter started, many | experts expected it would bring aitacks on British strongholds in | the Mediterranean Sea. Let's take | & look at that sea today. | The name came from two Latin| words meaning “middle” and “land.” | We might speak of it as the “middle- | of-the-land” or “between-the-land” mea. It is between Europe and Afries. The Mediterranean is large and deep. Counting the Adriatic Sea and all other parts of the main sea, it contains more than 1000000 square miles. It is 31 times as large as Lake Superior. In some places the great sea is more than 2 miles deep. In one part it is almost 3 miles deep. ‘The Mediterranean is broken up by islands and by juts of land. Italy stretches down inte it, and the shape of Italy has made people speak of it as & “boot.” Boys end Girls, Reod the Junior Ster Every Sundey 1 —Mediterranean Sea sea warfare, snd wen a few victories. They did not. hewever, make Rome rank high in that field. Italy entered the present war with & fleet whickh seemed fairly strong. It was not, rowever, & match for the British, snd soon its sea power was broken. Great Briain has held im- portant islanes in the Mediterranean through thi6 war. The largest of these is callei Cyprus, and another is known as Malta. the During a journey around world, T looked over the fine harbor at Valetta, alta, and the high forts which tower around it. Those forts and the splendid work of the British Navy and R. A. PF. explain why Malta has been able to beat off many atiacks in the past two years. “rl.br "nficl interest ssction of your [ If you want a free cepy of the leaflet emttled “Backgreund of Eurepean War” stad me a 3-cent stamped, siif-sddressed emvelope in care of The Evening Star. Unmete they bullt hundreds ¢ galleys. Tomorrow. Mediterrensan Strong- The Reman galleys took part im| holds. AN 1 CATCH THE VITAMIN PART, BUT B COMPLEX STOPS ME H MASH A CAKE IN A DRY A FORK, ADD A LITTLE TOMATO STIR TILL BLENDED, FILL UP THE GLASS AND DRINK. TWICE 4